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Committee passes school safety bill requiring panic-alerts and building mapping; private schools removed from mandate
Summary
Senate Bill 17, known as Ricky and Alyssa's Law, passed the committee as amended. The bill requires school panic-alert capability and creation of first-responder building maps; committee members amended the bill to remove private schools from the mandated requirements before voting.
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 17, a school-safety measure that combines a mobile "panic alert" requirement with statewide first-responder building mapping for school properties. The bill passed after the committee adopted an amendment removing private schools from the statutory mandate.
Senator Anna Vittarde, the bill sponsor, described the measure as an enhancement to school safety following recent shootings. She said the bill builds on prior work that involved the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA) and requires that school properties be assessed and that mapping information be made available to…
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